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The periodicity and recurrance of solar (and lunar) eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). When two eclipses are separated by a period of one Saros, they share a very similar geometry. The eclipses occur at the same node with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and at the same time of year. Thus, the Saros is useful for organizing eclipses into families or series. Each series typically lasts 12 to 13 centuries and contains 70 or more eclipses.
Lunar eclipses of Saros series 156 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series will begin with a partial eclipse north of the Ecliptic on 2042 Oct 28. The series will end with a partial eclipse south of the Ecliptic on 3503 Apr 04. The total duration of Saros series 156 is 1460.44 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = 2042 Oct 28 19:32:33 UT
Last Eclipse = 3503 Apr 04 22:11:39 UT
Duration of Saros 156 = 1460.44 Years
During Saros series 156, Earth experiences 82 lunar eclipses as follows:
All Eclipses = 82 = 100.0%
Penumbral (N) = 41 = 50.0%
Partial (P) = 14 = 17.1%
Total (T) = 27 = 32.9%
Umbral Eclipses = 41 = 50.0%
Central = 7 = 8.5%
Non-Central = 20 = 24.4%
Sequence of eclipses in Saros series 156: 21N 8P 27T 6P 20N
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros series 156 as well as other eclipse extrema are listed below.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2926 Apr 19 Duration = 01h44m49s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: 2565 Sep 11 Duration = 00h11m28s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 3052 Jul 04 Duration = 03h24m08s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2421 Jun 16 Duration = 00h17m13s
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 3052 Jul 04 Magnitude = 0.9325
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2421 Jun 16 Magnitude = 0.0060
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse for every eclipse of Saros series 156 are presented in the following catalog. For a detailed key and additional information about the catalog, see: Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipses.
All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC"
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Local Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse for Saros 156
U.T.
Greatest Saros Pen. Umb. S.D. S.D. GST Moon Moon
Date Eclipse Type # Gamma Mag. Mag. Par Tot (0 UT) RA Dec
h h °
2042 Oct 28 19:33 Nb 156 1.557 0.008 -0.974 - - 2.5 2.17 14.8
2060 Nov 08 04:02 N 156 1.533 0.052 -0.932 - - 3.2 2.90 18.2
2078 Nov 19 12:37 N 156 1.515 0.086 -0.899 - - 3.9 3.65 21.1
2096 Nov 29 21:19 N 156 1.502 0.111 -0.876 - - 4.7 4.44 23.2
2114 Dec 12 06:05 N 156 1.493 0.128 -0.861 - - 5.4 5.24 24.5
2132 Dec 22 14:55 N 156 1.488 0.139 -0.851 - - 6.1 6.07 24.9
2151 Jan 02 23:46 N 156 1.483 0.147 -0.843 - - 6.8 6.89 24.4
2169 Jan 13 08:38 N 156 1.480 0.153 -0.837 - - 7.5 7.70 22.9
2187 Jan 24 17:29 N 156 1.476 0.160 -0.830 - - 8.3 8.48 20.6
2205 Feb 05 02:16 N 156 1.470 0.170 -0.819 - - 9.0 9.24 17.5
2223 Feb 16 11:00 N 156 1.462 0.185 -0.804 - - 9.7 9.97 14.0
2241 Feb 26 19:38 N 156 1.449 0.208 -0.780 - - 10.4 10.68 10.0
2259 Mar 10 04:10 N 156 1.433 0.237 -0.749 - - 11.2 11.36 5.7
2277 Mar 20 12:34 N 156 1.410 0.279 -0.706 - - 11.9 12.03 1.3
2295 Mar 31 20:51 N 156 1.382 0.329 -0.654 - - 12.6 12.70 -3.0
2313 Apr 12 05:00 N 156 1.348 0.391 -0.591 - - 13.3 13.37 -7.2
2331 Apr 23 13:01 N 156 1.307 0.464 -0.516 - - 14.0 14.05 -11.1
2349 May 03 20:53 N 156 1.261 0.550 -0.430 - - 14.8 14.74 -14.5
2367 May 15 04:38 N 156 1.209 0.645 -0.334 - - 15.5 15.45 -17.5
2385 May 25 12:17 N 156 1.152 0.750 -0.229 - - 16.2 16.18 -19.8
2403 Jun 05 19:48 N 156 1.089 0.865 -0.114 - - 16.9 16.92 -21.5
2421 Jun 16 03:14 P 156 1.023 0.986 0.006 9m - 17.6 17.67 -22.3
2439 Jun 27 10:36 P 156 0.954 1.114 0.133 40m - 18.4 18.43 -22.3
2457 Jul 07 17:56 P 156 0.883 1.246 0.262 55m - 19.1 19.18 -21.5
2475 Jul 19 01:13 P 156 0.810 1.380 0.393 67m - 19.8 19.91 -19.9
2493 Jul 29 08:30 P 156 0.738 1.513 0.523 75m - 20.5 20.63 -17.7
2511 Aug 10 15:47 P 156 0.667 1.646 0.651 83m - 21.2 21.34 -14.8
2529 Aug 20 23:07 P 156 0.598 1.775 0.777 89m - 22.0 22.02 -11.5
2547 Sep 01 06:29 P 156 0.532 1.899 0.895 94m - 22.7 22.68 -7.7
2565 Sep 11 13:56 T 156 0.470 2.015 1.005 97m 6m 23.4 23.34 -3.7
2583 Sep 22 21:28 T 156 0.414 2.121 1.106 101m 24m 0.1 24.00 0.4
2601 Oct 04 05:05 T 156 0.362 2.220 1.199 103m 33m 0.8 0.65 4.6
2619 Oct 15 12:50 T 156 0.317 2.305 1.277 105m 38m 1.6 1.32 8.7
2637 Oct 25 20:40 T 156 0.278 2.380 1.347 107m 41m 2.3 2.01 12.5
2655 Nov 06 04:38 T- 156 0.246 2.442 1.402 108m 43m 3.0 2.72 16.0
2673 Nov 16 12:41 T- 156 0.219 2.495 1.449 109m 45m 3.7 3.46 19.0
2691 Nov 27 20:51 T- 156 0.199 2.534 1.483 109m 46m 4.4 4.23 21.3
2709 Dec 09 05:06 T- 156 0.183 2.566 1.510 110m 47m 5.2 5.01 22.8
2727 Dec 20 13:25 T- 156 0.172 2.589 1.528 110m 48m 5.9 5.82 23.5
2745 Dec 30 21:47 T- 156 0.163 2.607 1.541 111m 48m 6.6 6.63 23.2
2764 Jan 11 06:12 T- 156 0.158 2.618 1.548 111m 48m 7.3 7.43 22.0
2782 Jan 21 14:35 Tm 156 0.153 2.629 1.557 112m 48m 8.1 8.22 20.0
2800 Feb 01 22:58 T- 156 0.147 2.642 1.567 112m 49m 8.8 8.98 17.2
2818 Feb 12 07:16 T- 156 0.138 2.658 1.581 112m 49m 9.5 9.72 13.8
2836 Feb 23 15:31 T- 156 0.128 2.677 1.599 113m 50m 10.2 10.43 9.9
2854 Mar 05 23:38 T- 156 0.112 2.708 1.629 113m 50m 10.9 11.12 5.7
2872 Mar 16 07:39 T- 156 0.091 2.746 1.667 114m 51m 11.7 11.80 1.4
2890 Mar 27 15:29 T- 156 0.063 2.798 1.719 114m 52m 12.4 12.47 -3.0
2908 Apr 07 23:12 T- 156 0.029 2.860 1.781 115m 52m 13.1 13.14 -7.2
2926 Apr 19 06:43 T+ 156 -0.014 2.887 1.809 115m 52m 13.8 13.82 -11.2
2944 Apr 29 14:07 T+ 156 -0.062 2.798 1.720 115m 52m 14.5 14.51 -14.8
2962 May 10 21:19 T+ 156 -0.120 2.693 1.615 115m 51m 15.3 15.23 -18.0
2980 May 21 04:23 T+ 156 -0.183 2.577 1.500 114m 48m 16.0 15.96 -20.5
2998 Jun 01 11:17 T+ 156 -0.253 2.448 1.371 113m 44m 16.7 16.70 -22.3
3016 Jun 12 18:05 T 156 -0.328 2.311 1.233 110m 37m 17.4 17.46 -23.4
3034 Jun 24 00:46 T 156 -0.408 2.165 1.086 107m 24m 18.1 18.22 -23.6
3052 Jul 04 07:22 P 156 -0.491 2.012 0.932 102m - 18.9 18.98 -23.1
3070 Jul 15 13:54 P 156 -0.577 1.855 0.774 96m - 19.6 19.73 -21.7
3088 Jul 25 20:24 P 156 -0.664 1.696 0.614 88m - 20.3 20.46 -19.6
3106 Aug 07 02:54 P 156 -0.751 1.539 0.454 78m - 21.0 21.17 -16.9
3124 Aug 17 09:24 P 156 -0.836 1.383 0.296 64m - 21.7 21.85 -13.7
3142 Aug 28 15:57 P 156 -0.919 1.233 0.143 46m - 22.4 22.52 -10.1
3160 Sep 07 22:33 N 156 -0.998 1.089 -0.004 - - 23.2 23.18 -6.2
3178 Sep 19 05:14 N 156 -1.073 0.954 -0.143 - - 23.9 23.83 -2.1
3196 Sep 29 12:02 N 156 -1.142 0.829 -0.272 - - 0.6 0.48 2.0
3214 Oct 10 18:56 N 156 -1.204 0.716 -0.388 - - 1.3 1.14 6.0
3232 Oct 21 01:59 N 156 -1.260 0.616 -0.492 - - 2.0 1.81 9.9
3250 Nov 01 09:10 N 156 -1.309 0.528 -0.584 - - 2.8 2.51 13.5
3268 Nov 11 16:30 N 156 -1.350 0.454 -0.661 - - 3.5 3.23 16.6
3286 Nov 22 23:58 N 156 -1.385 0.392 -0.726 - - 4.2 3.97 19.1
3304 Dec 04 07:34 N 156 -1.412 0.342 -0.778 - - 4.9 4.74 20.9
3322 Dec 15 15:17 N 156 -1.434 0.303 -0.819 - - 5.6 5.53 21.8
3340 Dec 25 23:06 N 156 -1.451 0.273 -0.851 - - 6.4 6.32 21.9
3359 Jan 06 07:02 N 156 -1.464 0.250 -0.875 - - 7.1 7.12 21.0
3377 Jan 16 14:59 N 156 -1.475 0.230 -0.894 - - 7.8 7.90 19.3
3395 Jan 27 23:00 N 156 -1.483 0.216 -0.909 - - 8.5 8.67 16.9
3413 Feb 08 07:00 N 156 -1.491 0.199 -0.923 - - 9.2 9.41 13.7
3431 Feb 19 15:00 N 156 -1.500 0.182 -0.939 - - 10.0 10.12 10.0
3449 Mar 01 22:54 N 156 -1.513 0.156 -0.961 - - 10.7 10.82 6.0
3467 Mar 13 06:47 N 156 -1.528 0.127 -0.987 - - 11.4 11.50 1.7
3485 Mar 23 14:32 N 156 -1.548 0.088 -1.022 - - 12.1 12.18 -2.7
3503 Apr 04 22:12 Ne 156 -1.574 0.039 -1.066 - - 12.8 12.85 -7.0
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Last revised: 2001 Aug 2 - F. Espenak